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The work and lives of teachers : a global perspective / Rosetta Marantz Cohen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: x, 235 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1107135745
  • 9781107135741
  • 1316501639
  • 9781316501634
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.102 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1775 .C723 2017
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The work and lives of teachers -- 1. Finland : autonomy and respect -- 2. Taiwan : tradition and change -- 3. Greece : a week of austerity -- 4. Azerbaijan : teaching in the shadow of war -- 5. France : defending rigor -- 6. Chile : revolution and resignation -- 7. The United States : diversity and a passion for leadership -- 8. Conclusion : The teacher in comparative perspective -- 9. Teachers in their own words -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: "The Work and Lives of Teachers offers a simple but original argument: that the cultural attitudes toward the teaching profession measurably influence how students perform. Cohen uses both ethnographic portraits and personal accounts from thirteen teachers - from Finland, Taiwan, Greece, Azerbaijan, France, Chile, South Africa, Siberia, Brazil, Romania, Philippines, Norway and the United States - to explore the meaning and value of teaching worldwide. This study includes the ways in which teachers in these countries are educated, recruited, compensated, and perceived by parents, students, administrators, and the culture at large. Teachers' voices, so rarely heard in international educational studies, are front and center here, highlighting the daily work in the classroom and the pleasures and struggles of engaging in the teaching profession in 2016. The lesson, briefly stated, is that societies are only as good as the people who teach in them"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The work and lives of teachers -- 1. Finland : autonomy and respect -- 2. Taiwan : tradition and change -- 3. Greece : a week of austerity -- 4. Azerbaijan : teaching in the shadow of war -- 5. France : defending rigor -- 6. Chile : revolution and resignation -- 7. The United States : diversity and a passion for leadership -- 8. Conclusion : The teacher in comparative perspective -- 9. Teachers in their own words -- Notes -- Index.

"The Work and Lives of Teachers offers a simple but original argument: that the cultural attitudes toward the teaching profession measurably influence how students perform. Cohen uses both ethnographic portraits and personal accounts from thirteen teachers - from Finland, Taiwan, Greece, Azerbaijan, France, Chile, South Africa, Siberia, Brazil, Romania, Philippines, Norway and the United States - to explore the meaning and value of teaching worldwide. This study includes the ways in which teachers in these countries are educated, recruited, compensated, and perceived by parents, students, administrators, and the culture at large. Teachers' voices, so rarely heard in international educational studies, are front and center here, highlighting the daily work in the classroom and the pleasures and struggles of engaging in the teaching profession in 2016. The lesson, briefly stated, is that societies are only as good as the people who teach in them"-- Provided by publisher.

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